you know a dude is in bad shape when he has to buy CE’s or SLE’s just to get a rise in his pants. Mainlines heroine to shake the cobwebs in his head. Thinks Taco Bell is gourmet Mexican. He has reached rock bottom.

Some finally realizing that owning pinball machines isn’t appropriate for the collector personality. Should have stuck with hoarding stamps, coins, gems, beanie babies, guns, beer labels, chia pets or hot sauce. Most fans leave a hobby after 3 years, while fanatics can last 7 years. He probably has reached the end of his pinball cycle, when having a room or two or three filled with pinball machines doesn’t excite him and that sobers him up really fast.